"Jaw-dropping pleasures!" - Regina Weinreich, Huffington Post
"Illuminating, engaging and unexpected...well-directed with exceptional access by veteran documentarian Doug Pray...takes you behind the scenes of that particular media sensation and does a considerable amount more as well." - Kenneth Turan, Los Angeles Times
"Skillfully structured and highly entertaining, Doug Pray’s docu chronicles the saga of Michael Heizer’s monumental sculpture 'Levitated Mass' from its conceptual inception in 1968 to the installation of a 340-ton boulder at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art in 2012. Partly an exploration of an artist’s oeuvre, partly a procedural for logistically nightmarish transport, partly a record of an 11-day spontaneous 'happening,' and partly an amalgam of different views on art, the film manages to appeal to art lovers, pop-culture disciples and high-concept skeptics and supporters alike." - Ronnie Scheib, Variety
"Wonderfully entertaining. With a deft hand, filmmaker Doug Pray juxtaposes a history of Michael Heizer's revolutionary career as a "negative space" sculptor with an insider's view of the insanely complex planning it took to move the two-story monolith. Baffled but dedicated city workers rush to lift power lines as delighted spectators cheer from the roadside and from front yards, coffee shops, and even a dusty old bar. Spending 10 million (privately funded) dollars to move a giant boulder is the very measure of wastefulness some say, and they may be right. But how can you not fall under the project's spell when a mechanical glitch brings the caravan to a stop directly in front of (wait for it) the 'Rock of Salvation Church'?" - Chuck Wilson, LA Weekly
"A congenial romp through that highly unusual journey... Watching Pray's documentaryreminded me that the whole act of moving the rock was its own work of art. We humans are pretty messed up. We do some pretty terrible things. Yet every once in a while we pull it together to do something so spectacularly absurd on such a grand scale that I can't help but feel deep admiration for our species." - Carolina A. Miranda, Los Angeles Times
"A fun, loopy portrait of one crazy idea that became a SoCal public-art cornerstone." - Andrew Lapin, The Dissolve
"Wonderfully compelling and entertaining." - Lori Huck, Examiner.com
"A kinetic snapshot of Los Angeles and LACMA." - Darianna Cardilli, Documentary Magazine
" Awesome. Deftly captures the frustration, excitement and--in some folks' eyes--hubris of the project. But what this amazing film ultimately does is ask, What is the meaning of art?" - Frontiers Magazine
"What makes this doc so enjoyable are his man-on-the-street interviews. The boulder has avid fans staked out in lawn chairs; the boulder is on Twitter; the boulder is given a street fair in Long Beach. And by its sheer, ancient enormity, so incongruous on the streets of L.A., it forces people who might never visit the LACMA—where Levitated Mass is now a star attraction—to consider whether it’s art." - Brian Miller, Seattle Weekly
"Levitated Mass is document, critique and celebration all in one." - Jamie Rich, Oregon Live
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Awesome. Deftly captures the frustration, excitement and--in some folks' eyes--hubris of the project. But what this amazing film ultimately does is ask, What is the meaning of art?"